The democratic party will never protect you.

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“… the data out of Montgomery County, Maryland makes one thing unmistakably clear: this crusade is not a mass movement. It’s the obsession of a vanishingly small minority …”

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance. Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn. We have been sent here to fight for people.

For my Washington folks, Maria Cantwell's DC office is accepting phonecalls, I just left a quick five minute message with a very patient and kind staffer. The number is on her contact site

@wyden.senate.gov I am your constituant, and one of 3 million transgender people in this country. Do not let them eradicate us.

Remember: #Portland is beautiful. We are so lucky to have such a beautiful place to live and breathe in everyday. Crime well below the national average. It does not deserve an assault by Trump's toddler #fascism.

"War-ravaged #Portland," #Trump says. You mean the most beautiful American city? You mean the one with crime well below the national average? Talk about threatening to waste everyone's time and money, again.

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin

We don’t call everyone who disagrees with us a Nazi, JD, just the ones doing Nazi shit like: -masked secret police kidnapping people off the street -creating concentration camps -attempting to eradicate trans people -banning/burning LGBTQ/opposing viewpoint books -murdering fishermen in open waters

"Here Comes The Sun" by the Beatles is my Winter Solstice song

For you, it was the rapture but...

I've been enjoying Carpenter Brut's version of Maniac, so this is appealing

If you want to see what survival looks like, ask a Native.

Trans and LGBTQ+ people are more American than nearly anyone I know. They know the true meaning of freedom. Kindness. Community. Humankind. LGBTQ+ people ARE the promise of America. They’re not all talk and no action. So keep threatening us. We don’t take it lightly. And we’re a family. 💜

Keith Haring, 1983

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I mean this would be politically astute and accurate. Which is why Dems will never do it. Instead they will wait for centrist political consultants to message test it 10 times for 6 months and return with "this doesn't move a right wing voter in Oklahoma, you shouldn't say it"

I thought this would just be a "has trans gals and drag queens dancing" but yeah no it is hard to get a clearer message than a few dozen signs saying PROTECT THE DOLLS and TRANS RIGHTS NOW and TRANSPHOBES CAN'T GET LAID Good fuckin work, Sabrina

Slightly diminish a book: Average Omens

Need folks to understand this.

"Setting aside that he's completely wrong..." Are brain worms contageous?! SHEESH!

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trans people, you need to live long enough to piss on the bodies of those who tried to kill you. then keep living

omg, the Master of the Flying Guillotine is free on YT. it also has that sick tangerine dream rubycon pt1 in there when he floats and runs on the ceiling . this movie is literally one of the main origins of street fighter 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WokC...

You and I will live to see it happen.

Folks this might be it. We might be on the verge of manifesting good news.

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Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social

Everyone here is all "Be gay, do crime" so you better support the folks with clear follow-though.

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welcome to bluesky it’s kinda like this

I might ponder how safe Romani are going to be in a system that can force a binary choice between almost identical dueling Hitlers, and an electorate that can make themselves comfortable with that choice.

Ok, I need groceries but I'm dead broke. If you can help me at all, both my cash app and my ko-fi are ForeverFriskyFox.

i am SO ANGRY at CRACKER BARREL for GOING WOKE by *checks notes* distracting from the Epstein files

As of today, I am officially done with laser face treatments

Deeply disappointing, PPS. There may not be a better city in the US to find coaching and support for creative teens. Encouraging the plagiarism machine as a replacement is NOT the way.

"It's okay, they had preexisting conditions" is an absolutely demonic take.

NEW from me: This morning, a Stripe customer representative confirmed to me that they do not allow LGBTQ content and haven't for a month--at first. Later, after putting me on hold, the representative confusingly said they were wrong and that they don't ban LGBTQ content, only "abusive" content.

*heavy sigh* Current events are making me so fucking tired.

Never forget today, when, on this day in 1988, Zero Cool crashed 1,507 systems in one day.